James Edward Ketelaar

James E. Ketelaar (born November 10, 1957) is an American scholar and historian specializing in the religious, philosophical, and intellectual history of Japan. He is professor emeritus in the Department of History, the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where he has been teaching since 1996.

He is particularly known for his academic contributions to Buddhist martyrdom in Meiji-era Japan, having been described as bringing about the "coming of age" in the study of Japan's modern religious history. Provided by Wikipedia